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Jack Galmitz

Side by Side

Listening to a composition
by Aoki Takamasa called hope
the jacket an abstract
that looks like tapes super
imposed
beside it an ad a
cockroach that keeps moving
as if it’s trapped in a jar:
catch the cockroach and win
a free iPhone.

Jack Galmitz was born in NYC in 1951. He received a Ph.D from the University of Buffalo. His most recent works include two volumes of short fiction in the fantastic mode—Tail and Revolt of the Neurons. He continues to make collages and visual images. He is married and lives with his wife in NYC.